Using the Whole Whale - A Nonprofit Podcast

PGA Tour’s Nonprofit Status Complicated By LIV Merger Concerns have been raised regarding the future of the nonprofit PGA Tour following its proposed merger with for-profit LIV Golf, supported by Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund,  as reported by The Nonprofit Times  and  The Washington Post . Despite its intentions to maintain its nonprofit status, this proposed merger has led to an inquiry f...

Nonprofitnewsfeed.com   Fight Over Phonics Forces Curricula Revisions In Number Of U.S. Schools Lucy Calkins, an education professor and creator of the popular “Units of Study” curriculum used by a quarter of U.S. elementary schools, has significantly revised her approach to early reading instruction,  as reported by The New York Times . In response to mounting criticism from parents and educators...

SWAT Raid On Cop City Bail Fund Organizers Criticized By Activists The Atlanta Solidarity Fund, a nonprofit that offers bail and legal support to activists, has seen three of its board members arrested on charges of "money laundering" and "charity fraud," according to  reporting by The Intercept and others . The arrests were carried out by the Atlanta Police Department SWAT and the Georgia Bureau...

  Debt Ceiling Compromise Means Cuts to Assistance The recent debt ceiling deal in the US Congress includes a significant shift in the funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). The program's funding will move from a contingency fund to the regular budget, potentially providing more stability. However, some advocates worry that this change could make it easier for Congress t...

New Bill Could Increase Nonprofit Charitable Donations "The Charitable Act," a new bill in Congress, was introduced on January 24, 2023, by Senators James Lankford (R-OK) and Chris Coons (D-DE). As reported by  The Nonprofit Times  explains that the bill would allow anyone who donates to a charity to benefit from both the standard deduction and the charitable deduction. This would be a significant...

Our interview with Anthony Chin-Quee covers episodes from the book, his experience after publishing and insight into his experience with imposter syndrome. There are also many lessons for leaders in how they prepare the next generation.  Buy the book   Brief Summary Anthony Chin-Quee's 'I Can't Save You' tells the struggles of a Black physician Anthony Chin-Quee captures the space between medicine...

New York Times Investigation Finds Nearly $89 Million Raised Via Robocall Self-Enriching Scheme   A  New York Times investigation  has found that a circle of conservative nonprofits, consultants, and shell companies together formed a self-enrichment scheme. Nonprofits loosely construed around conservative causes including The American Police Officers Alliance used aggressive robocall tactics to so...

PETA Issues Strong Statement Re: Kentucky Derby Horse Deaths Animal rights activist group PETA offered a strong statement as the news of now 7 horse deaths leading up to the Kentucky Derby made waves. PETA’s Senior Vice President Kathy Guillermo  issued the following statement : “Churchill Downs is a killing field. Freezing Point is the latest casualty. He’s the second horse to die today at the tr...

Pantheon Heroes Depart as Platform Faces Backlash for Hosting Hateful Websites In recent weeks, controversy has erupted over website operations platform Pantheon hosting websites for influential anti-LGBTQ and anti-immigration organizations including Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF), designated as hate groups by the  Southern Poverty Law Center  (SPLC),  as reported by ARS Technica . The backlash...

Nonprofitnewsfeed.com   Nonprofit Suit Before Supreme Court Could Upend Affirmative Action In Higher Education The nonprofit organization Students for Fair Admissions’ case against Harvard University and the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, currently before the Supreme Court of the United States, may end the ability for institutions of higher education to engage in race-conscious admissi...

A Decade+ Investment Pays off with Parkinson’s Biomarker Discovery In 2010, the Michael J. Fox Foundation made a BIG bet on investing in researching a biomarker for Parkinson’s Disease  (PPMI project) . On April 12th it was announced that the bet paid off.  Researchers  announced that with the α-synuclein seeding amplification assay (αSyn-SAA) , they now have a tool capable of detecting abnormal a...

Activists & Nonprofits Mobilize In Response To Shooting & Increase In Child Gun Deaths In Nashville, Tennessee, student activists from March For Our Lives and Students Demand Action (associated with Everytown for Gun Safety) have been protesting for gun reform and school safety, following a school shooting on March 27 that killed three children and three adults, as reported by  Mashable . Their pr...

"Please Pause AI" Open-letter from Future of Life Institute  The Future of Life Institute has come out with a letter about AI systems with human-competitive intelligence that may pose risks to society and humanity calling for a pause on the training of such systems more powerful than GPT-4 for at least six months. During this time, AI labs want independent experts to collaborate to create shared s...

Scott Announces “Open Call” For No-Strings Grants MacKenzie Scott is launching a $250 million open call for community-focused nonprofits through her organization, Yield Giving, as  reported by the Associated Press and others . The initiative aims to provide unrestricted $1 million donations to 250 selected nonprofits with operating budgets between $1 million and $5 million. This marks the first ti...

We interview Libby Hikind, CEO and founder of GrantWatch.com and GratnWriterTeam.com about what nonprofits need to know about applying for grants.   About Libby Hikind Find on LinkedIn Libby Hikind is the Founder and CEO of GrantWatch.com, the leading grant funding search engine for nonprofits, businesses, and individuals. Libby holds a post master’s degree in Educational Administration and Superv...

State of California Partners With Nonprofit Drugmaker To Produce Affordable Insulin   California Gov. Gavin Newsom has announced a $50 million, 10-year contract with nonprofit drugmaker Civica Rx to produce the state's own line of affordable insulin, CalRx,  according to reporting from NPR  and other sources. Upon FDA approval, these insulins, which are expected to be interchangeable with popular...

NGOs Call On U.N. To Advocate For Reproductive Rights In United States Nearly 200 human rights organizations, including major international NGOs like Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International, have sent an "urgent appeal" to the United Nations (UN), calling for the international body to intervene and ensure that the United States protects reproductive rights, as  reported by The Washington Post...

Nonprofitnewsfeed.com EleutherAI Seeks To Make Open-Source AI Research a Nonprofit Enterprise As reported by  TechCrunch , The EleutherAI community research group is starting a nonprofit research institute, the EleutherAI Institute, which could have significant implications for safe and ethical AI development. The institute will be funded by donations and grants from various sources, including AI...

Train Derailment & Environmental Fallout In East Palestine Leads To Political & Legal Frenzy The train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio has led to a frenzy of political activity, criticisms, lawsuits, investigations, advocacy demands, and conspiracy theories as the fallout from the derailment continues to maintain prominence in the national conversation. The derailment has prompted criticism of...

  Project Veritas CEO Ousted By Board Of Directors   James O’Keefe, founder and CEO of the conservative organization Project Veritas has been ousted by the group’s board of directors, according to reporting from  The Washington Post  and other outlets. O’Keefe was ousted on concerns that his antics threatened the organization's IRS 501(c)3 tax-deductible status, according to a memo released by the...

Devastation In Turkey & Syria As Earthquake Exacerbates Ongoing Crises In Region A devastating 7.8-magnitude earthquake rocked Turkey and Syria last Wednesday, in a region already at the center of the world’s most pressing humanitarian crises. As of writing, the Associated Press reports a  death toll surpassing 33,000 .  The New Humanitarian  reports that the region has already been torn apart by...

We discuss different ways to increase leads on your site through personalization with the Head of Partnerships from Optimonk, Eric Melchor.   Website Personalization is the human-centric approach to CRO that focuses on the customers' needs first. It is about creating more relevant customer journeys that are unique, remarkable, and meaningful on a personal level. A journey that starts with a person...

  Hot Take Debate: Was Mr. Beast's Cataract Surgery Video charitable? Adam Faircloth joins the debate.  https://www.linkedin.com/in/adamfaircloth/     Context:  MR Beast made content around paying for 1k eye surgeries, is this charitable.  the video has 95million views and was sponsored by Experian. At a rate of $2.13 per CPM, the video has generated at least $200k.    does it matter that it isn't...

Alex Wirth, Co-founder & CEO of Quorum.us - a leading public affairs software that helps map, track, change, and report on policy landscape, shares insights into advocacy approaches that will work in 2023. Alex ranks: Twitter, IRL meetings, calling, letters, videos, Meta, and billboards as just some of the methods advocacy organizations can be using to get the attention of representatives.     He...

FDA To Further Ease Restrictions On Gay Men & Blood Donation Eligibility On Friday the FDA proposed new policy revisions that demonstrate a shift toward more inclusive regulations surrounding blood donation for members of the LGBTQ community and those of various sexual orientations,  according to reporting from CNBC and others.  In 2015, the lifetime ban on gay men from donating blood was eased to...